Visible loose-leaf index and record



I Aug. 28, 1928.

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Patented Aug. 28, 1928.

UNITED STA-Tesi' HENRY' soHo'oLBnnG, or'1 I'ITs1sUReIr,` PENNSYLVANIA.

vIsInLE LOOSE-LEAF' INDEX AND RECORD.

Application filed November 30, 1926. Serial No. 151,621.

My invention relates to a new and improved visible index and 'recording book or device,

and more particularly' to=means1of the char-.

ac-ter stated including a loose-leaf post-type binder.

Among the objects of theipresent invention are, to provide a leaf or sheet having a visible index, a record space, and means for securing the sheet or a number of the sheets wit-hin a loose-leaf binder; sheets of such character that they may differ in size and stillv be used in the same binder, thereby providing sheets in the same book having recordingspaces d1ffering in size and capable ofbeingarranged to provide a visible alphabetical index; to provide sheets and meanswherebyy new sheets may be added, having the visible index of the added sheets placed in the desired positions and in an alphabetical order, withouty interference with or the removal of previously 1nserted sheets; to provide mechanical means for positioningr the. sheets within the binder; and the provision of a sheet of the character specified permitting the sheet tobe used on each face and positionedwith the index thereof arranged in a visible alphabetical order relative to the other sheets.

1n the accompanying drawings, which 1llustrate an application of my invention;

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing a loose-leaf binder in open position in connection with a number of recording sheets constructed in accordance with my invention applied'theretO, together with means for positioning the sheets Within the binder;

Fig. 2, a detailpplan view showing a recordingY sheet;

Fig. 3, a perspective View showing a portion of the sheet-positioning means and Fig. 4, a plan view showinga plurality of record sheets assembled.

Referring to the drawings, 5 and 6 respectively designate the top and bottom cover-sof a loose-leafbinder, and 7,'sectionalposts1employed for securing the said coverstogether.

This construction is of the well-known'type ofsectionalpost, binders-g the locking means cooperating with the posts .for lockingithe top and bottom covers against separation, however, is not shown in the drawings.

In addition to the posts 7, the binder is provided with a post 8 designed vto connect a sheet-inserting or positioning means designated generally bv the numeral 9, to be hereinafter fully described.

A characteristic and important feature of my invention resides in the combined visible index and record sheets employed by me. These sheets 10 or 10', as illustrated and as preferred, vinclude a main data-recording space a, and detachable visible marginal portions comprising aplurality of'detachable strips 11 and-12 arranged"respectively at the tops and bottoms of the sheets. The said strips are designed to have index d ata printed or otherwise displayed thereon,l for example, the names of clients or customers or other index matter.

Whenv the loose-leaf sheets 10 are assembled for use, the index portions thereof will presenta visible alphabetical index, see Fig. 4. Infthe drawings, I have shownonly three detachable index strips arranged at the tops and bot-toms of the sheets, but more may b-e provided on each sheet if desired. The strips are preferably formed by perforating the sheet material and may be readilv torn olf from the sheet, as required.

Each index and record recording sheet is provided with means for securing the sheet to the posts of the binder; these means, as shown, comprise projections or tab portions 113 located'at the upper end and at the side of each sheet. Each of the extended portions 13 is provided with post-engaging slots or notches 14, and with a series of openings 15.

It will be understood that, by means of the ynotchesllhathe portion 13 may be attached to thebinder posts by passing the sheet into the desired position relative to the posts, and then pressing the notched portions 13 against the posts sufficiently to cause the notches 14 thereof to encircle the posts. By means of the sheet-attaching extended portions 13, the sheets may be applied either to one or both faces of the binder covers, and similar sheets may be used for either face. f

. The mechanical means 9, constructed of thin spring metal. for inserting and positioning one'or a number of sheets 4in the desired position in the binder, includes a slotted arm or link 16 having an apertured head 17, the latter being adapted to be pivotally mounted on the postv 8; and a second link or arm 18 engaging the slotted arm 16 in such a'manner as-toy have ya free sliding engagement therewith. One end of the arm 18 is secured to a movable plate member 19 by mea'iis of a screw 2O in such manner as to allow movement of member 19 relatively to the arm 18. The

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prime object of links 16 and 18 is to secure the sheet inserter means to the loose-leaf binder.

Plate member 19 is provided with a series of vertically extending' posts or pins 21 arranged so that thedistance between each post will correspond to the distance between the holes 15 in the extended portions 13 of the sheet. The sheet-positioning means, in addition to the parts just described, include a flat strip member 22 pivotally secured to the plate 19 by means of a screw 23.

The manner of using the sheet-shifting means'is particularly shown in Fig. 1. In this Figure, the means 9 are shown in connection with a plurality of sheets designed to `be moved from one position to another for the purpose of providing a space to contain the new sheet or sheets, and particularly the index portions of the newly-inserted sheets.

The operation of changing the position of a sheet or a series of sheets by means of the device 9 may be performed by first securing the sheets to be shifted to the sheet-positioning means 9. This is accomplished by placing the openings4 15 of portions 13 over pins 21, and moving the member 22 over the sheets and the plate member 19. It will be seen that the sheets to be shifted are now securely attached to the shifting device 9, and the latter may, owing to its linkage connection with the post 8, be moved into the desired positions for moving the sheets and the indexes thereof .into the space desired. l

After the sheets are pla-ced in their new position, the pins 21 are freed from the openings 15, and the positioning means swung free of the sheets and removed from the binder; or, the positioning means may be moved into a position, while still secured to the binder, in which it willnot interfere with the inserted sheets.

' It will be seen that a sheet or a number of sheets maybe inserted, removed, or shifted without the necessity of opening the binder or separating the covers thereof.

Spacing pages 25 having indicating characters are `employed to separate one series of the combined visible alphabetical index and recording sheets from another similar series.

Vhat I claim is: I

1. The combination with a loose-leaf binder, of a sheet having a marginal projection on its binding edge shorter in length than the binding edge of the sheet from which it projects and shorter in length than the binding edge of the binder.

2. The combination with a loose-leaf binder, of a sheet having a marginal projection on its binding edge shorter in length than the binding edge of the sheet from which it projects and shorter in length than the binding edge of the binder, said projection having a plurality of closely spaced alined openings.

3. A series of loose leaves adapted for in sertion in a binder overlapping each other providing visible index portions, said visible index portions each including a detachable index strip whereby when the index strip is detached the corresponding area of an alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

4. A series of loose leaves adapted for insertion in a binder overlapping each other providing visible index portions said visible index portions each including a plurality of detachable index strips whereby when one or more index Vstrips are detached the corresponding area of an alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

5. A series of sheets each adapted to be held by one of its edges in a binder and provided with a detachable index strip adjacent to a non-binding edge whereby when said strip is detached the corresponding area of l:gpother alined sheet underneath becomes visi- 6. A series of sheets each adapted to be held by one of its edges in a binder and provided with a plurality of detachable index strips adjacent to a non-binding edge whereby when one or more of said strips are detached the corresponding area of another alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

7. A series of sheets for a binder each sheet having a detachable index strip parallel and adjacent to a non-binding edge of the sheet whereby when the index strip is detached the corresponding area of another alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

8. A series of sheets for a binder each sheet having a plurality of detachable index strips parallel and adjacent to a non-binding edge of the sheet whereby when one or more index strips are detached the corresponding area of another alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

9. A series of sheets for a binder each sheet having a detachable index strip adjacent to an edge and perpendicular to the binding edge whereby when the index strip is detached the corresponding area of an alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

10. A series of sheets for a binder each sheet having a plurality of detachable index strips adjacent to an edge and perpendicular to the binding edge whereby one or more index strips are detached the corresponding area of an alined sheet underneath becomes visible.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Hauer sonoonenne. 

